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Daleys Adventure Boat Tours owner Don Daley, right, with boat captain Ben Burns.
Paul Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Paul Post<\/p>\n

Some people are fascinated by notorious underworld figures such as Lucky Luciano who hung out at the casino nightclub where world-famous entertainer Bing Crosby performed.<\/p>\n

Others simply like to hang out with friends, take a swim or experience the thrill of being towed behind a powerful boat on an oversized fun tube.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>These are some of the options Daleys Adventure Boat Tours offers with a new service on Saratoga Lake.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI grew up on this lake,\u201d said Mechanicville native and company owner Don Daley. \u201cWhen I was 14 or 15, my uncle had a camp right down the road … We spent our summers here on Saratoga Lake.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>In 2016, three years into retirement, Daley founded Lake George Island Boat Tours, telling guests about the lake\u2019s history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEventually people wanted to go swimming, cliff jumping or tubing so we turned it into an adventure,\u201d he said. \u201cOut of 45 tours on Lake George, we\u2019ve been the number-one tour on TripAdvisor for four of the past eight years. The difference between us and other operators is that we customize tours. We let people do whatever they want.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, Daley expanded his company to Saratoga Lake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u201cWe always wanted to get here, but couldn\u2019t get parking, a marina and dock space,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This year, the marina secured new off-site space for boat storage, allowing it to greatly expand its parking lot. This gave Daley a place to work out of and he jumped at the opportunity, renaming the company Daleys Adventure Boat Tours.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>He also bought two new Silver Wave tritoon boats. The difference between a tritoon and pontoon is that tritoons have three large metal tubes that give boats more stability, allow them to hold more people and go faster.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Daley\u2019s Saratoga Lake venture is run by his son, Nick, who has experience with digital marketing, sales and advertising in New York City. \u201cHe\u2019s taken over that aspect of the business for me, which is why we expanded here to Saratoga,\u201d Daley said.<\/p>\n

Daley\u2019s nephew, Joe Pearl, oversees the Lake George operation.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cJoe is a 200-ton boat captain,\u201d Daley said. \u201cNine months of the year he\u2019s all over the world doing scuba diving tours in places like the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, the Caribbean and Fiji. For three months in summer he\u2019s at Lake George where we operate out of Fischers Marina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt Lake George 95 percent of our clients live outside the 518 area. We get them from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and the Midwest. And we\u2019ve already hosted two Israelis this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>He added, \u201cWhat we want to create here is something nobody else does.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bachelor and bachelorette parties are also\u00a0 <\/span>popular, giving revelers a chance to have fun and relax without having to worry about how to operate a boat and the variety of rules and regulations that go with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith us, they bring whatever they want to eat and drink on the boat,\u201d Daley said. \u201cA lot of them don\u2019t know how to drive a boat, so they want to rent one … And with one of our captains driving, you don\u2019t have to worry about getting stopped for Boating While Intoxicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Daleys Adventure Boat Tours operates from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. seven days per week. For information visit daleysboattours.com or call (518) 469-8745.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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